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ere a•situation of difficulty, their retno "vat from their respective employmention the Stall 'could i,atre been a sufficient mark of , your displea 7 sure ; and %Are therefore dire& that their suspension froin•our 'se' vice be tiken off. • - g . , .- On one part of the proceedings:of your 9 0 ., \ v•ertiment, 'we feel it necessary, in 'this place to de liver our opinion. We .-mean"-yout declinivg..2to transmt to us the Memorial, presented. yOu;foe hat purpose the Officers COrtananding cotpi; speetnig- the' Ttfut ..-corttradt. , -As you considered that question to be sealed and disposed ot; it Was compe,ent for you to say tot-the Ottiers, that you wd-fid.not transiitit the- M.emolial - under any im pl • u a.!mission on your part that the.question shouki be a, ant opened ; but we think your caution on this bead should nut have prevented- the transmission to us nt, be .AL inorial in question, 1(1(4 We shall conclude our observations and de cisions on this important reference, by, recording as an act of juatu e - complete and decided approbi tion of . the conduel of our. Governor in Councilat Fort St. Geotge, with . respect to Lieutenant-General MaCdowall, under circumstances of.' peculiar diffi culty ; to which ,they_appear to•have shewn no less moderation and ..temper in their several discussiulis with its COmmander in chief, than promptitude, en.•rgy, Anil firmness; in supporting the just autho rity • . tut. We approve the provisional appointment of • Majoi- General Francis Gowdie, to be Commander , in Chief of our Axmy at Fort Si.S!. George, and e re ly .with confidence upon the experience and zeal ot that Officer, to.support the, good order, discipline, and efitciency.,.4.. the troops committed to his - charge. . • • • T . . • arre"acr fit. 'A LETTER' F ROM THE HONOURABLE • VOURT OF;DIRECTORS, 'SATED THE '29TH OF SEP,- • T,EMBER, .1809 : • P4r...i. Eist . as we were conclUding our answers to,y,ctie important dispatchei dated in December, January, and February last, by the Luillington, your :teller of . , the.,l3,th May, follo.wing to the Se cret.Conunittee;lay hispajesty's ship "Virginia, ar-• Jive . . _ • . e deßarture of thiiGeergiana packet, ap p•o► , Th. ~ • pted to ,convey those answers, having been al ready, from several causes, inconveniently delayed, _sv,e,feef,i.hat it would be_ ; highly inexpedient to de tain her for so much longer time as might be requi- Jute to enter into, the subjea of the advices now -re ceived from yue, and the various topics conne6ted _ jt i so ully• as their most interestingmature dis- - .poses.us to ga ; but. we think it our duty ; not to in giving our general opinion with ..Fcs - pe;6t to them. . . a., \Vc w with deep astonishment and con cern, tars pruiciples,. the spirit, and the language, ine .payer. denominated the Memorial ofaile Office') 01 La: ,N i fa . ,ras Army to. the Governor. Gentraii' arid in the other paper styled an .Address from_ tte saute body to Major Boles. Tne doc- . trines and designs which these papers avow are sub versiVe of the toundations of all legitimate govern; meats . 3, the rights they claim (or the army •are such rights as nil now have never been arrogated or men tioned in o•3r military service ; such as no army ever _ can'pOssess , with safety to.the State, to which it be longs. The first of theSe papers alleges grievances avlitch bave.tio foundation, and under the form of - . seeking redress, it asserts independent military- pri :.vileges winch would constitute an independent mi litary power. It demands a representative, that is, a share in the Civil, Political, and Military-Govern ment ; it decides upon the measures, and vilifies. the proceedings of the, Govet mnent ; it requires the re-' moval of the person who is by the only legal autho . rity placed at the hei:d of that' Government ; and by menace and intimidation dictates to the Supreme Government of India, to which.our armies and all .the Officers serving in cheat are by the laws of their country, by their engagements to the Company, - and by professional obligation, bound to be entirely sub ordinate and obedient. , 4.. It is in vain that these assumptions are accom panied by professions of duty to the parent State, and of respell tor the principles of military subordi ,..et 'on they are in their nature, in, their whole S ...d ti usiace and spirit, as well as in the inflammatory -truss in. which they are conveyed, incompatible with the just principles of military obedience, and ~with the jiotiour and interest of the army itself, and ...breathe language of facition and sedition. , .5.1 t is ~filiding to us to think, that any of the natites of this country, any Officers of that army which has -been distinguished . by so many gallant ; achievements, could hate so 'far forgotten all . the principles which should have regulated their con dua.as subjects andas soldiers, as to give into pro ceedings of sir criminal a nature. Besides all the other ties which bind tin at to the duties of patriot ism, and of ni ary hdelity, we should, have t hought that both the, sAtiatinn,of the European body, who , adMinistered the power of the British. Einpre in India, containing so many, millions of native sob lee's, and likewise•_occurrenees still recent in that part of the world, would have been sufficient to keep eveiy,officer of our •military._establislitnent at a distance from the infatuation of such a course as these p(cceedings open. '. G. We are persuadyd that a great majority of our Officers, however sonic of them may have been in fluenced for a time ley' artful, inflammatory misrepre .: sentat ions most actively propagated, can never -have countenanced or approved the sentiinents or tenden cies which those proceedings too plainly indicate.— ' They could only have been conceived and promoted by- a tew, under the instigation of . bad passions or unhappy prejudices, and by the help of delusive arts imposed upon . the young and inexperienced,, who coald mean only to assert what they were misled to consider rights, and were unaware of conse- • vencee. • 7. The authors and promoters of these dangerous and most, culpable proceedings, undoubtedly, merit exemplary punishment ; and it is to us a peculiarly painful . reflection,, that a sense of duty way oblige us w apply this principle to some persons whose tuilitarpservices.we have,so lately applauded; but on such an occaNion, punishment ought to be in flicted, without. respect. of persons.. :.A due se -.o4er_ttyoq.snsrninent justice to thOtate., and met* to the individuals who Ike under its prof, tedion. It. is.required. also. for the support of the discipline, the honour,,. the . efficiency, .and the peX n~anencesof't,Tie a. It was your duty ,as a Government, when ynu lial renwin, to be convinced of the existence of fsetioni and seditious agitations, not to wait till they shoull 'break out into ads of violence, but to endeavottra arrest' their 'progreSs, .and to discov.er-ttie-authors ~,them. It is true, as you, have observed, that it socbcasei, Where secrecy among the Partiesds esseb , , tial,i,the. regular and 'formal proofs whiclr are rit. .quired in legal proceedings .and in ordinary trans. .actiOns,.are not-16Se expected ; but it appears to IS that.the grounds upon which you proceeded to tht suspension of certain officers lion] our service, and to the removal of others from commands or statf ap, pointments, either as having been the authors, or alive promoters .or abettors, of the Memorial. to the . Governor-General, or subK.ribers to' the principl, of supporting' officers' against the GOVertimeift by pecuniary contributions, were sufficient to warrant those. proceedings, which therefore have our decided approbation. Befevre, however, we pass the final judgment which is here required of us, we wish; as in all cases, So in this, eSpecially,:to 'weigh the whole with'ilaiberation, including the case of Lieutenant- Colonel Martin, who isaehome; but we shall do so with a determination that no private solicitation Or personal consideration shall have the least influence with us, where a great and Soleinn,public duty, and the public intei - est are su deeply concerned, [To be continued] MAI LS. ARR IV ED—Z Dublin. Pu a— 1 Cadiz, 1 Lisbon, I Winer PRICE OF STOCKS • THIS DAY AI Twirtvz O'CLOCK. Consols ----- - _ - - 68 67i T Fl L S L N. 301 LEM QUIS 1110E1tg 1 1 .11 SUM AUDEAT? L U A' I) , TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1810. There is something unaccountably capricious in Btrosirauxi's ccindt36.l to the Americans; but he knows from long experience that he may insult them with impunity. We mentioned yesterday. that Mr. POWELL, the AtneriCan Secretary of Legation, had sailed from. Dover far Calais,•in"a fl ,g of truce : it appeais; however, that be was not only refused permission to land, bat all the batteries opened upon the flag of truce, and endeavoured to sink her. The following is the letter whiCh we this morning received from our Dover Correspondent Do v E R j gEPT.I afternoon, Mr. POWELL, the American Seeretary.of Legation, who yesterday evening sailed from hence to the coast of - Trance; returned to this place; the enemy would not per., mit - him to land at Calais, but threatened to fire upon the vessel, if he did not immediately tetura ; he, him- ever, endeavoured to etl 4 :4 a landing at Boulogne, bui there he met a' similar reception ; and upon Isis attempting to sail into the hatbour, was greeted with a heavy firing of shots and shells, threatening to sink the vessel if he did not retire, which he at length did, and providentially without the crew re ceiving any injury.", Mr. ADAIR, the British Minister to the Porte,. arrived at Malta on the 29th of July, from Con.; stantinople. Mr. ADAIR had been treated with the most marked distin&ion by the Turkish GoVern ment. The alarm ' , occasioned by the successes of the Russians at thecomrnencemen t of the campaign had in a great degree subsided, and the recent advan tages which the Turks have Obtained, will, we trust, remove all danger; The Ganymede frigate sailed from Malta on the Ist of last month, with above 96 sail of merchant vessels under convoy fur England. Diach Papers to the 2d inst. reached town yes terday. .TheY contain some very vague details re: 7 speaing the progress of the war between the Turks and Russians. The Emperor of Austria is making a very considerable redu&ion in his ,regular army whether from motives of _economy, or.vvhether in compliance with the hints of his Son-in-law, we do not know. The landwehr or militia, is, however, it is said, to be considerably increased. IVIASENA has addressed a Proclamation to the people of Portugal, in which he employs both threats and promises to induce them to submit to the do minion of .BUONAPARTE. The French have once been •.masiers - Of Portugal, atid therefore the Por tuguese can very acct irately appreciate the value of a French General's promisei. With_ respect to his threats, we do not think they will produce any •ef feet. MASSENA says he has 110,404 men under his command, which, he says, is sufficient to overwhelm - Portugal; but . the PortUguese_ will very - naturally be inclined to ask Why he has not already. done. it ? 'why be has .suffered the whole summer io elapse :Without makirig, even any serious impression-upon their frontier ? and why he has remained.in a state of inAilivity ever since the . fell of -Ciudad Roderigo t • The l're'ncli General esserts that. the Engiish ariny 'is unable to 'stand before his froits, add . 1 . 61. 16 'Portiigue.ie do ncrt l;.nowlapw to use the bring wilia are, put ink' thelr, liands. What then impedes the progrpts of the Freiih army ? shy have they, rot realized - . lltro- NA . t; f tipes boast ofdrlifing the Englitill.into, the sea, .. - andjedticed Portugal to subjetlion ? The a are ,:nuestion3 which MAssENA and the , Moniteur will hod ditfiail _• • • Gni'eminent have received offjciolaccount of the 'pliant exploit performed by the Thames frigate . . in the Mediterranean, the details of which we have given in a subsequent column, in a letter from Mes sina. EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ONBOARD H. M. SHIP EDGAR, DATED. WINGOE SOUND, AU- GUST, 23. " Cruizing off Heilem on the' td instant, we recaptured a very valuable. Ship, frotn one of the enemy's Privateer Boats. We saw the Ship heave too on the enemy's firing at her, and take the Pri vateer in tow: We irntnedidtely made .an.. satrin ..pliace, and the Edgar sailing astonishingly well, we soon gained upon him ; on which he stood an for Seyer Island, and on our tiring at him, attempted to rim on shore ; but the shot 'from our, bow-guns fly ing over him, the Privateer judged it time to start. We'fired a, few shot at him, when a heavy fire of shot and 'shells was opened on us from Seyer Island ; notwithstanding which, our Launch; under the com mand of .Mr. FELIX, our 3d Lieutenant, put off in chase of the Privateer: The enemy now. directed their tire npon.her : she passed- the Battery, how ever, in tt.e most gallant manner, and came- up fast with the enemy, but who had unfortunately sr; much he start, as to ..'nab,e hit to run on shore, wider Liner of field-pieces. The Launch being recalled, a heavy fining was : opened Avon her, from every point, to - which the enemy had transferred field pieces, during the chase, but she fortunately escaped without any damage, except one shot through her sails. We rived here, with .the homeward-bound trade, 01. the . 7th, and that and the convoy for Eng land 'have been detained, by foul winds, from .that .period. We have so little communication with the shore, that we have no news." On Sunday last the- Deputies from the Caraccas had an interview with•the - Marquis WELLESIEY,. at tipsley4louse, preparatory to,.their. departure for South AmeriCa, They proceeded yesterday to Ports mouth, in order to embark on board a British vessel of war. The Deputy from Buenos Ayres and General Mx, BANDA 'had atterWards interviews with the Noble Marquis, who in the evening proceeded to the isea coast, for the benefit of his health. A great many more letters frorn the Spanish Ministers Of JOSEPH to the French Ministers of NAPOLEON and to Duke of SANTA Ft,. at Paris, - have been intercepted: There are also 'some from the . French .9enerals in Spain. They almost' . all concur in drawing a most striking picture of i),e deplor.tble slate of the. French interests in that country. This they chiefly attribute to the opera-. lion of the new system of measures which has; been adopted . in Spain, in consequence of express, orders from BUONAPARTE. There are some of these dispatches which also chew that the French army sustained a severe loss during . the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ; besides which they afford proofs that . . the adherents of JOSP.PII seriously believed there was an intention of an attempt to assassinate him, or to make him a prisoner. A letter from Gibraltar, of the 21st ult. states; that within the last eight or ten days no fewer than 1500 deserters from the French had entered the for tress. They are described - to be very fine lo melt, and to be either Swiss, Pules, or Germins.-- , They'readily enlisted into the British service, to'en ter on duty either in Malta or Sicily, fur which Islands they were -immediately embarked. They were in a ragged condition; and all of them declared that the Army of Andalusia ~had received no pay during . the last seven months. The following are some of our letters • " GIBRALTAR. Aua. x3.--We are little ac , quainted with the interior of Andalusia, on account of the French giving us much obstruction ; but, as far as we can learn, all thing; proceed therein ibe' best manner. It seems_ from the delay, that the pliin of raising the siege of Cadiz has been abandon ed. The besieging army is 18,000 Strori." " SAME DATE.—Letters from the tast contain faVovrable news. The whole of Arragen is.in arms, as well as great part of the South of Castille.— O'DONNELL has 14,000 men at - Tarragon4 and the relief .of Tortosa is to be attempted. At the .time of the date of the last,advices, every exertion w•is making to forward the expedii;o3. The French have more than 10,000 men before the place, but the garrison is strong. I. have seen a paper printed at Valencia; that contains •a lonr, , of suocestul attacks made upon the French wherever they ap pear. Ai Boja, a very hard battle • Was fought, though the numbers %%ere sinall, being Only 55 Spaniards and 70 Frenchmen, but 27 of the enemy fell, and the rest fled, or were taketi. If the ac counts are not exaggerated,- . they cannot pursue a better plan to rid the country of Frenchmen." A fish of the short l i rodon genus, one of the se cies of sun fish, Which had been taken in Tenhy. Bay, hai been .exhibited in Swansea. It weighed about'yolb. and measured tour feet from - fin to fin, and two feet ,eletien iut hes in ; length. These tiSh have occasionally been taken on the Western cost of the kingdoni.. To-day, the Lokn MAYOR oixiered the price of Bread.to be lowered sd. per peck.. The quartern loaf un Thursday will be N AV AIL' - ME WS. PENZANCE, AUG. ki.--Arriied 'last fright ',the schooner Fame, Cap, DOVE . , Of London, ,froM Ca' diz for Dublin, taken on at 3d inst.-bribe Elef i°f French schooner, privateer, from St:lVliloes-,eool - Capt. ALEX: fiLACE:i ;b e ". A • .privateer had captured the same ,day the . Hope,4 lo, IrOm•Mogadwe. Captitinl3Lgox gave up to cwt. MA-Sr. the fame Sdiioirnei, *- and' all - t he papers an d cxewg of. • both vessels, but the . Fame arrived'ln'grO t distress, having- been plundered of, alinOst.ci cry . a" title; the .provisions left were barely suifi6ient for the existence of the crews. „ The privateet: boa taken the day before an American'brig... • - • DEAL, SEPT.. to.—Carne down from the Riv er his Majesty's ship Macedonian. • • Arrived the Audacious from Portsthouth,:and the fledpole sloop of war ,frum a ccuize. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 10. 7 —Siiled the Pandora Mid Sterling wittl the Baltic. convoy. • The next saiLabout the 20th inst. - DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.\IONEY.• To the Blonde,. tbr La . Felicite, captured by the Laton a ' at No, 21, Arundel-great.' ' fo the Owen Glendower, for Le Coale, on the 12th; ° ls . board; tNi after at No. t 2 , - M ry..o4feetr*orrt.stittitith ;- To the Quint's, kir the. Danish trigate fredericK4Wac ril .! at No. 3, Brick..:Luiltt,, . • The letters from Gibraltar state, that deiertell from- the French army were daily. arriving, 'who r e ' presented the sufferingS of the troops AS eXCeSSiVe an account which was fully confirmed by the alt* pearance of the` fugitives. Some 611(.1146 01 ti'r'e had been received into our service at-Gibraltar, whence it was' . -supposed they wOuld .be shortly dratted to Messina and Malta, _and :ificorpoot! - - 4 with the foreign corps at thee stations. Tre, later 4 accounts ,received at Gibraltar Arum Tortosa, eX pressed some ,appreitensions.of the mtimaie 1411 0 , that fortress; after which it was expected Tarrae,ol?s would be attacked. The - French Governor of lap had ordered that pUrt 'AO-, be shut, .as a pu , lis b ; ment on the merchants, for having remonstrated , against and retusA to comply with a n-gulan ol4 imposing an - additional and oppressiVe duly ti -0 /1 exports. The following extraa will convey to our read et , i some idea of the preparations that are made as ore' for invading as for defending Sicily. •Weare,b 3 lr r e to find from it; that the defeat and capture of 1 % enemy's flotilla and convoy on the 24111 of July vi ra e more complete• and extensive than stated in tb Hamburgh Paper. MEsstNA, JULY 26, 1 8 lo;—Since my last wt have been- playing the same game; in coos' an if alarm by. the Drench keeping a, great Tort of Ill" army embarked at, nights, which has kept under arms. They began ten days ago to aO O °Y . 1 3 4 a little, by throwing 3d poem' snot across 10 1 , Faro, from a gun they have siting On triangle` to 45 degrees.. jjreturn, We have fv o some heavy :sea-mortars; that wete left at Ma ll t :, -by the ilieleurbomb; and have just ,300 Yar d 4 a 'spare in their range. They had brought almos t their boats to the Point of Pizzo, 8400 yards, this sea -mortar, hpyitg been got down and pl directly opposite, just carried am.ligst their 1) 03(5 ' nice as Possible;' without their being able. to giv e 4j any thjngOt the same kind 'in return. If ti'e,P` t had some of NGR EVE'S rockets, few would have g o' away to tell the'stary. Besides-this mortar, we•b 3 l o this d.ty completed the number of mortar-boa ts six, which anchor abOut 500 yards from our sh ore : and play upon them also. The shot from their blo t teries_ fiy about them pretty I.vell, but have 0 0 ' l ir , touched them. This . day week *e 'hid a - ,graDEl our gun , and mortar, .lvats against their boars 3 0 batteries; 7 killed, 5 . wounded (all Siel;ian4) Our side'; and . they, I suppose, had seven tiw e '. o 4 many—they allow l& hilted. . Our .thUs annoYl.o, them has had the effed of making them r e tire;''.' og nearly all their boats, into Seyar Bay, which V i r - se e ' Very small, they are not a little crowded. Of ,''•r we- can fire shells at. them ,now With almost a cat, tainty of hitting some. If they-continue' with a stir - 1 , I\IAV. breeze, they can be burnt b l o c fire-boat or two; and it will take Murat tW ° it three hours more to come over frOm Scylla, tb a would from Pizzo; not only. being a greater i h 35 tance, but on - account of the confined beach be' 0 , to embark his troOps riont':—these itre great Ad ev vd er y tares. Their smaller gun-boats desert to us day, and some of their troops: the deserters' 5 ,V has 39,000 'men.' ffeet You can have no idea of the.beautiful e- A vt the small actio.s we continually have, in a 11 9 ,r 1 ),,, strait like the'Firo, with th`e iinmensely high brian mountain rising behind Ile smoke, the of the report of the guns and. mortars, anci.the' ti ,e sm.-111 columns of smoke:—somq ci t hb oi finest sights I evti witnessed ; ani a; w 4 lose any men, there. is nothing to,damp ,tlO 11l sui e. JULY 27:;—The French returnvd.again last 111P.eJ with 112e,ir b0.4t5 twiPIZZU Poill!, and C 1111)31. fi l lIg 'theirtroops, wfilch had the usu.ll. &aTe ot gP t' r ail our , triwps Wider news. ‘Ve nolortunate l Y cue Qt the mortars yesterdiy, and damose d t • l je others'. To :up f r all this, they ItaVcll3,l',e, signal by- telegraph,. from the heights, for a log' 0 0 two brigs, and. 36 , atl of large boats, which "! t be all pri;2s, heard IrOLTI tlt n `of ,' squadr.in: of oars had fallen _in with a divisiOae, 120 of - their boats; so we suppose the rest are stroyed." - • • eo' Detachments of 11‘e . under-mentioned reg '—rei For' will arri' e at I'ortsitiouth, tot - f Lr oer tugal, in a few days,.: 7t 1 41, 48 11 h" .601 h, 831, and sstiirit,iinnis. • • J A detachnxiit oi the 73 gitncut pas r • •ea / on buard the Providence, fur IV-w South , 4 She will toi;:ch at Cok take wore transP °l -bolrd. l: a ~i~~ d( 11) his , ':to as a iread v ' ' b lrtvtl tni ! Il g .1. the `llvved oil Bch k ith c Pa%iiion 13 01,), from its r outicid , oct up i e taid way 'he cita gun-bv: -ncouni !ualk a t hr ii batty geandeL P. S. graph, tirO, v t 4 L-1) a 41) d an Calabri, " Ina t it 3111 b e very re a ' th r e t t t °f ibe le of " r IY pai U. " to tli ti eldvto o,orerai h t their x2r . 114 Sicili c `Thrnift d ived b "(ites t tl( l'er a s "ruis of A t e ti _Yrter. ° Ur flotil the-same " Thf tl/ der 'ti } l :gceedi t as i nter tie Stra 4 d ivisioi Wised 0 4t ler a S ecur e ; has at t a v e mou -.Tilt , . 0 it e v storett,, ° it i t ' s 'f it; ttp, s: , v • c: -u-ved I `• .111 111ei ''141)4 1 kt:t